Thanks for the kind words. Greatly appreciated. What a weekend. I haven't been this tired in ages. I hauled around the D5, 200-400, monopod, knap-sack with my D850, 24-70, water and snacks over hill and dale in brutal heat. And, I was traveling light. One photographer there had more gear than you see in a camera store strapped on him including a lens the size of a football field! I don't know how some of these guys do it.

Well, my favorite weekend of the year has come and gone yet again! Time passes too quickly.

Dennis,

How did I like the D5, you ask?

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I think that should sum it up nicely. WOW You want more details, ask.

Phil, thanks for the advice on ISO. I took it to heart on Sunday, I should have listened to you earlier. Image quality improved 1000 fold, when I pushed up the ISO. I am STILL stuck on this crazy notion of shooting at the lowest ISO possible but this is nuts for sports.

I shot some 6000+ images this weekend, hard to nail the number down exactly because I deleted on the fly as well. If they were out of focus, they went. Had a lot of that happening. Now the fun part, sifting through them. I have so many killer images. What a treat to look through them all. I will post a few more as soon as I have them ready.